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Acute human herpes virus 7 (HHV-7) encephalitis in an immunocompetent adult patient: a case report and review of literature.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Clinic-radiological classification of herpesviral encephalitis in humans (systematic review).Journal of neurovirology · 2025Pooled it
- Characteristics of HHV-7 meningitis: a systematic review.Journal of neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Central nervous system infection associated with Human herpesvirus 7 presenting with predominant persecutory delusions as initial psychiatric manifestations after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a rare case report with diagnostic and therapeutic implications.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Rare Presentation of HHV-7 Meningitis in a Nonimmunocompromised Adult: A Case Report and Literature Review.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Human herpes virus-7-related severe encephalitis diagnosed using mNGS in immunocompetent pediatric patients.Virology journal · 2025Review
- Hashimoto's Encephalopathy: Clinical Features, Therapeutic Strategies, and Rehabilitation Approaches.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Autoimmune cerebellar ataxia with anti-Homer3 antibodies associated with herpesvirus infection: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Update on human herpesvirus 7 pathogenesis and clinical aspects as a roadmap for future research.Journal of virology · 2024Review
- Case report: A patient with HHV-6 and HHV-7 combined withFrontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Human herpesvirus-7 meningitis in an immunocompetent adult patient: a case report.Future science OA · 2023Article
- Vertigo Can Give Notice of Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis.Advanced biomedical research · 2023Article
- Herpesvirus-Associated Encephalitis: an Update.Current tropical medicine reports · 2022Review
- Enhanced Virus Detection and Metagenomic Sequencing in Patients with Meningitis and Encephalitis.mBio · 2021Article
- Autoimmune Encephalitis With Multiple Auto-Antibodies With Concomitant Human Herpesvirus-7 and Ovarian Teratoma: A Case Report.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Persistent Roseoloviruses Infection in Adult Patients with Epilepsy.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- An adolescent with herpes simplex encephalitis, presenting with mild symptoms and rapid deterioration: A case report.SAGE open medical case reports · 2020Article
- Extracellular vesicles: novel vehicles in herpesvirus infection.Virologica Sinica · 2017Review
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Abstract
We report a case of an acute HHV-7 encephalitis involving the nucleus of the VI cranial nerve in an immunocompetent host. The patient was an adult male admitted to our Clinic with headache, diplopia, fever, nausea, vertigo, asthenia and general malaise. PCR for viral and bacterial genomes was run on both serum and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) after performing lumbar puncture, resulting positive only for HHV-7 DNA on CSF. MRI showed hyperintensity in FLAIR signal in the dorsal pons, in the area of the VI cranial nerve nucleus. Empirical therapy with Acyclovir and Dexamethasone was started at the time of admission and was continued after the microbiology results. After three days of therapy diplopia, fever and other previous clinical manifestations improved and the patient recovered normal sight. Our case report contributes to a better understanding of the presentation, diagnosis and treatment of HHV-7 encephalitis in immunocompetent patients due to reactivation in adult age.
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